Weirdest Show On Earth: SXSW’s Strangest Tech

Austin is one of America’s most proudly weird cities. What happens when 30,000 techies and artists descend on it for the annual South By Southwest festival? Things get even more weird—and that’s before Lady Gaga showed up.

As I explored this year’s festival, I came across gadgets that showcased some of the creative possibilities of cutting-edge tech. Among my favorites were uses for new kinds of virtual reality glasses and head-mounted displays. HBO used Oculus Rift visors to create a virtual reality experience of what it would be like to go up the wall at Castle Black in the popular “Game of Thrones” show.

And Epson demoed a video game for its see-though Moverio glasses that made it look like spaceships were flying across the Austin Convention Center ceiling.

Check out the video above for some of the weirdest tech I found at SXSW. Of course, you may have found something weirder. If so, let us know in comments or email.